Zane returns to Advertising signchart with his first album in over three years, and with a change in sonics, as his fourth LP, Room under the stairs, debuts at No. 3 on the Top album Sales survey (dated June 1). It also opens at No. 4 on Top Rock Albums and No. 5 on both Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Americana/Folk Albums, marking his first foray into those rankings.
On the all-genre Billboard 200, the album debuts at No. 15. It was released on May 17 and earned 29,000 equivalent album units, with 24,000 album sales, in the US for the week ending May 23, according to Luminate.
The set was largely produced by Dave Cobb, who has previously produced albums by artists such as Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton.
“I was pretty much at my farm drinking a glass of whiskey and listening to some Stapleton by the fire with my dog, playing guitar,” Zayn said recently. Nylon of the album's inspiration. “People are looking for a little more depth than the lyrics,” he mused. Of Stapleton, he said, “He's got a lesson, right? It tells you the story of a real grown man. I was like, “That's cool. It's something I can do.' ”
The new collection is Zayn's first on Mercury/Republic, after his first three pop-focused albums were issued by RCA. Nobody is listening hit No. 44 on the Billboard 200 in January 2021; Icarus Falls reached No. 61 in December 2018 and My mindhis first LP since leaving One Direction, peaked at No.1 in April 2016.
Before Zayn went solo, One Direction released four LPs, all of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 from 2012-14.
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